Hosta Forum – April 1, 2012

The Ontario Hosta Society, in conjunction with the Royal Botanical Gardens (680 Plains Rd. W.  Burlington), presents the Hosta Forum, Sunday, April 1, 2012    9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Registration begins at 8:30 am

$60.00

Includes 4 fabulous speakers, Live Auction, a light lunch/ beverages/home baking!  Prizes! Great Friends!

Download the agenda

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Gardening Events

Other Gardening Events

March 16-25            Canada Blooms, Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place, Toronto

April 5, 6 & 7           Peterborough Garden Show, Evinrude Centre, Peterborough – For the Love of Gardening

Sunday, June 24       Heart of Northumberland Big Sisters Big Brothers Garden Tour

Sunday, July 8          Horizons of Friendship - Houses, Gardens and Music Tour

OHA and District 4 Events in 2012

March 17            Spring Get Together, Peterborough Library, 1 – 3.30 pm

April 21               District 4 AGM, Minden Community Centre, 9 am – 3.30 pm

June 13               District 4 Lunch and Awards Celebration, Naval Club, Peterborough, 11 am – 3 pm

August 17-19      OHA Convention, Niagara College, Niagara-on-the-Lake -                           Gardening then and now

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Introducing the 1812 Rose – a fund raiser for the OHA

Introducing the 1812 Rose – a fund raiser for the OHA for the 2012 Convention in Niagara On The Lake. Here is a picture and short description of this wonderful rose. It will complement any garden.

1812 Rose Fundraiser

  • Floribunda – Old Fashioned
  • Scented
  • Height: 3′ – 4′
  • Very large and full crimson red blossoms.
  • Repeat Bloomer.
  • Disease resistant – Hardy
  • Grown & tended for by Palatine Fruit & Roses a family-owned nursery.

HOW TO ORDER
 
Cobourg Club Members – Use the B&W version of the order form handed out at the December 7 meeting.  You can download the form here. Please bring the completed form and your money to the February 2012 meeting. We will send all orders to the OHA for bulk purchase and delivery. We should have them for our April meeting or May at the latest. 

Anne Parks

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Book Review: Energy-Wise Landscape Design by Sue Reed

Book Review: Energy-Wise Landscape Design. A New Approach for your Home and Garden. Author Sue Reed

The premise of this excellent new (2010) book is that we can all save energy (and money) by making changes to the landscaping around our property. The author shows ways to conserve not only operating energy such as fuels for mowers, etc. and electricity for lighting but also embedded energy – that is energy used to create the equipment and materials we use in our landscaping.

The book is organized in sections on design arrangement, building and caring, methods of generating home energy, and energy efficient lighting. Chapters are short and precise so the book can be used as a reference work as well as enjoying cover to cover.

Available at the Cobourg Public Library at 712.6 Ree and possibly others in Northumberland.

Keith Stratton

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